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Re: Your go to mixed drink
« Reply #28 on: December 13, 2022, 09:22:24 AM »
German Rieslings in Germany are usually very dry, but Americans think they should be sweet, so they ship mostly sweet Rieslings here.  Circular logic.  You can find dry Rieslings in a decent wine store of course, just look at the alcohol level.   Some of the expensive ones are meant to be sweet, ice wines, trockenberenauslese, etc.

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« Reply #29 on: December 13, 2022, 09:39:28 AM »
Wait, I just read back through-- there's a bar that makes an old fashioned with brandy?  That ain't right.
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« Reply #30 on: December 13, 2022, 11:31:30 AM »
well, it's obviously NOT an old fashioned
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Re: Your go to mixed drink
« Reply #31 on: December 13, 2022, 11:37:43 AM »
People in Wisconsin always use brandy to make an old fashioned. They also put beans into a perfectly good pot of chili.

At least they have Culvers and cheese curds.
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« Reply #32 on: December 13, 2022, 11:58:16 AM »
and they still have Supper Clubs!
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Re: Your go to mixed drink
« Reply #33 on: December 13, 2022, 12:05:17 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on December 13, 2022, 11:58:16 AM
and they still have Supper Clubs!
... that make and serve brandy old fashions...
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Re: Your go to mixed drink
« Reply #34 on: December 13, 2022, 12:50:24 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on December 13, 2022, 09:39:28 AM
Wait, I just read back through-- there's a bar that makes an old fashioned with brandy?  That ain't right.
Oh. Wait til you learn they’re topped off with Sprite. 
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« Reply #35 on: December 13, 2022, 01:00:09 PM »
Quote from: bayareabadger on December 13, 2022, 12:50:24 PM
Oh. Wait til you learn they’re topped off with Sprite.
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Re: Your go to mixed drink
« Reply #36 on: December 13, 2022, 01:30:36 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on December 13, 2022, 09:39:28 AM
Wait, I just read back through-- there's a bar that makes an old fashioned with brandy?  That ain't right.
Around here, when ordering an old fashioned, one gets a brandy old fashioned by default. One must specify whiskey.  

I'm not saying it's right, but that's how it is.
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Re: Your go to mixed drink
« Reply #37 on: December 13, 2022, 01:33:14 PM »
Brandy Old Fashioned Cocktail Recipe (liquor.com)

A cocktail, by definition, includes a spirit, sugar, water and bitters—and those four ingredients are exactly what you’ll find in an Old Fashioned. It’s as classic as drinks get. Most Old Fashioneds are made with whiskey, but considering the Old Fashioned is more of a template than an exact recipe, today you will find the drink made with numerous spirits, from tequila to rum. But one variation is equally notable for its prescribed spirit and its geographical roots.
The Brandy Old Fashioned, aka the Wisconsin Old Fashioned, is practically the state’s official drink. In addition to brandy, it calls for muddled fruit and a topper of lemon-lime soda. So, it’s not your great-great-grandfather’s Old Fashioned. Well, unless he’s from Wisconsin.
Doctoring drinks with muddled fruit was a popular ploy during Prohibition that was used to mask the taste of subpar spirits. Add enough fruit and sugar to a cocktail, and anything is bound to become palatable. In the case of the Old Fashioned, the trick stuck around and remained popular in Wisconsin, even in the 21st century as modern bartenders reclaimed the classic no-fruit recipe. As for the brandy, it’s a product of the many Wisconsinites who emigrated from Europe over the centuries, bringing a taste for brandy with them.

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Re: Your go to mixed drink
« Reply #38 on: December 13, 2022, 01:43:47 PM »
The only thing I know about old fashioneds is that 7 of them will knock you on your ass
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Re: Your go to mixed drink
« Reply #39 on: December 13, 2022, 01:55:14 PM »
So will 12 of them if imbibed in a relatively brief period ...
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Re: Your go to mixed drink
« Reply #40 on: December 13, 2022, 02:02:41 PM »
Quote from: GopherRock on December 13, 2022, 01:30:36 PM
Around here, when ordering an old fashioned, one gets a brandy old fashioned by default. One must specify whiskey. 

I'm not saying it's right, but that's how it is.
Thanks for the fair warning.  I'd be pretty pissed off if that happened to me.

Of course, I usually specify rye which is my preferred whiskey in an Old Fashioned, so I suppose it wouldn't happen to me, anyway.
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Re: Your go to mixed drink
« Reply #41 on: December 13, 2022, 02:10:56 PM »
I figure with that much flavoring added, I probably could tell the difference anyway, especially after 12...
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